Almighty painter

Chapter 463 Challenge
"We are entering an urban area with a complicated surrounding environment ahead. The convoy will speed up as much as possible. We will arrive at our destination in about six minutes."

The driver who was driving held the Bluetooth headset connected to the fleet radio between his ears.

He listened for a moment, then turned his head and said.

"Miss. If possible, could you please close the sunshades beside the car windows?"

"I'm sure I'm very safe. My dear Mr. Butler, you are really too nervous. Don't be like this."

Miss Elena was interrupted from her meditation and showed a helpless expression to the driver.

"Take a deep breath and relax, Mr. Adelaide. You can't treat me like someone who can't live without a limousine."

Even judging by the travel ostentation standards of previous oil painting editors-in-chief, the size of Anna’s fleet is a bit too exaggerated.

She didn't like this.

Anna is a very peaceful person, and of course, she is not pretentious.

"This is Salzburg, not Baghdad. There will be no one pointing a rocket launcher at me on the roof of Mozart's former residence."

"I have reservations about you comparing me to Archduke Ferdinand." Anna smiled. "As we all know, he has not been a very likable character for a long time..."

Anna can adapt very well to such a life of being a servant and a servant. This is the environment she has grown up in.

She received abuse from nationalists and death warnings.

"do not mind."

Coupled with the notorious right-wing forums in Japan and South Korea in the past two years, including Reddit in North America, there have been several foreshadowing murders.

It is even more difficult to close the relationship in a short period of time.

It was not good for her to integrate into the working environment of the magazine.

No.

Among the few G63s clearing the way in front of the convoy were the stewards who suggested hiring a temporarily strengthened security team.

"Then let's talk about it sir. I think if Mr. and Mrs. knew that the Cessna 172 (note) would crash, they would not want to drive it through the Alps. The occurrence of disasters and whether they are likeable, Being beloved never mattered. It was a cloudless morning with very good weather conditions.”

What does it look like as your rumbling convoy of five or six trucks rolls past with smoke and smoke? Are you here just to show off your wealth?

"We can't take it lightly, no matter who he is. So far, the police have not caught the madman who sent the mail." The housekeeper said coldly.

A good interviewer should be someone who invisibly guides the topic forward like water.

She was there to interview others.

It made the whole manor very nervous.

It has but is not limited to the queen who was stabbed to death with a file while walking on the street, the prince who was shot to death by a pistol, the finance minister, the railway officials who were shot by machine guns on the way to work, who narrowly escaped with their lives, and were killed by bombs the next day... and a series of other long and strange historical tradition.

"The reason why accidents are accidents is because they are always bad luck that people don't expect, right?" Butler Adelaide looked up at the rearview mirror, "I think, whether it is Queen Elizabeth or Ferdinand, Grand Duke, you think so."

Expected and no surprises.

Say.

Of course, the vast majority are just keyboard warriors talking nonsense on far-right online forums.

Others may think that you are deliberately trying to use your power to overwhelm others.

She reached out and straightened the lace of her skirt.

Considering that Austria has the lowest crime rate in Europe, it may also be the country with the most assassinations of important political figures in European history.

Even the windows on the street side of her office at Oil Painting magazine have been turned into thickened bulletproof glass.

"We can make a bet. I guess when the police push open the door of his house, they will find that it may be a child who is not yet twenty years old."

Not only does Anna travel by car, but the Mercedes-Benz GLS, which has an electric retractable roof suitcase that is more convenient for wheelchairs, has turned into the old Rolls-Royce Phantom that was modified by her aunt to be bulletproof.

Most artists with outstanding achievements are also arrogant.

Rather than being a very forceful character who demands answers from the other party.

That becomes an interrogation.

(Note: Small propeller sports aircraft models have excellent aerodynamic safety and extremely low operating difficulty. Generally, they are mainly self-driving experience flights, and the probability of accidents is very small.)
The carriage was quiet for a moment.

The first impression can easily create a strong sense of alienation.

But the housekeeper, who was extremely rare, insisted on his own point of view with a very tough attitude and rejected Anna's simple travel arrangements.

At least not during this time.

In Anna's opening speech at the annual meeting, the shit hat that the Austrian government had spent seventy years trying to downplay was straightened out and firmly put back on their heads.

She said without raising her head.

It has become a familiar part of her life.

Anna sat at an angle and crossed her ankles together.

However, last week the Ileana Manor received a bag containing a dead rat that had been shot with a pistol, and there was a pasted letter composed of letters cut out from the newspaper - [Little bitch, you will pay the price! ! ! 】After the postal package.

"Believe me, Adral, this is just a silly prank by a neurotic guy who is fascinated by detective novels."

But every day at work, she behaves like a queen, which makes Anna feel that in the eyes of many colleagues, she is like a squeamish Princess and the Pea.

Ana paused while adjusting her skirt.

"I'm sorry, I said inappropriate words, and I'm very sorry for that. But if I could make a decision, I would even suggest that you work from home during this period." Mr. Adelar said in a dry tone.

"No need to apologize, you're right. There's no need to ever apologize for saying the right thing."

Anna loosened her skirt, hiding her beautiful legs under the skirt.

She shook her head.

"You convinced me. I respect your opinion, but I don't want a bunch of bodyguards to be around me during the interview. It's too offensive. In addition, bulletproof glass is enough in the office. Please don’t install any security gates downstairs of the magazine.”

"Now I hear that some colleagues call me 'Miss Crystal' behind my back, so I'll take it as a compliment, but I don't want this title to change to 'Princess and the Pea' after a while."

“I’m not the president of Austria, or a little girl with a nanny. I can’t live in a bubble of bulletproof shields. If I can’t walk up to my colleagues and hug them, then they won’t hug me. That will never be my magazine."

The butler opened his mouth, as if he wanted to continue to persuade.

This time.

Miss Elena acted very firmly.

"In the magazine, I am not in any possible danger. The probability of being burned by coffee is much greater than being attacked. Believe me, there are only a very small number of lunatics who are unwilling to listen to the truth, and public opinion is on my side. On this point , Sir Brown was even more nervous than me. He finally suppressed the public opinion a little bit, and wished he could pray for my health every day before going to bed. To be honest, with the current media environment, if I get shot now, no matter what. , just scratch a little bit of skin in the magazine.”

Anna smiled playfully.

"Then Sir Brown will have no choice but to live in seclusion in a deserted mountain villa for his grand ambitions."

Mr. Adelard hesitated for a few seconds.

"This is my bottom line. I respect your work and am grateful in my heart, but I must also have space for my own work."

Anna said seriously.

"Okay, you are the Boss. From now on, your security team will be on standby in the cafe opposite the magazine."

"You have an emergency beeper in your handbag and if you ever feel uneasy, just press the button."

The butler shrugged his shoulders.

He seemed to feel uneasy about placing his employer's safety on Sir Brown's career. But under Miss Elena's firm gaze, he still had to take a step back.

Anna smiled.

He took out his mobile phone.

She wanted to check with Assistant Cao Xuan one last time about the upcoming interview schedule, but found that several new message reminders appeared on her associated account on Whatsapp.

It's from Detective Cat.

[All the manuscripts of "The Blazing World" have been drawn. I used a relatively bold idea - I did not draw the faces of all the protagonists. 】

Anna raised her eyebrows.

From the professional perspective of the other party's agent, this doesn't sound like a very good idea at all.

"The Blazing World" is a work that is specifically competing for awards, and publishers of this type of work have little sales hope.

There is no need for painters to come up with some new and innovative innovations.

Focus on stability.

There is often only one step between being unconventional and sensationalizing.

The upper limit does not need to be high, and the lower limit cannot be low.

Bringing out all the advantages of Detective Cat's painting techniques is the best creativity in the world for them who want to win illustration awards that meet public aesthetics.

The truth is this.

But Miss Elena still said nothing.

Helping the other party win awards is just the icing on the cake, not the purpose of becoming Detective Cat's agent.

She is unwilling to restrict the creative inspiration of the other party in order to teach the other party the so-called "correct" industry principles.

I just hope that I can channel the other party’s inspiration to the right industry position.

That's Anna's job.

She quietly read the information at the end.

[Mr. Sloth, let me tell you, I have found a model that matches the temperament of Her Majesty the Queen very well in my mind. Just looking at her, even just looking at her back, her beauty seems to be shining, and it seems to steal the hearts of every viewer. 】

[Who who saw that scene would not believe that under such light, whether it was giants, wars, or distant threats, they would all vanish into smoke and dust? 】

[Mr. Sloth, you should know who I am talking about. 】

Miss Elena's shoulders moved slightly.

who is it?

Who abducted the heart of her cat wife?

Ana's long eyelashes blinked slightly, and her heart suddenly beat a few beats faster.

She quickly cached the pictures sent by Detective Cat on her phone.

Wait for loading to complete.

Click to open.

The dark sea mist, accompanied by the howling wind, covered the screen of the mobile phone in Anna's hand. Of course, there was also the figure holding a lantern in the sea breeze with fluttering sleeves.

Emerald green robe.

Dark skirt.

That is what Anna wears most often on formal occasions, just like what she is wearing now.

The person on the screen and the person outside the screen are dressed exactly the same.

It was as if he was staring at himself.

Anna looked at the back in the painting quietly for a long time, then held the phone close to her heart, lowered her eyelashes, and smiled with her lips pursed.

Sir Brown thought she was a puppet.

Mr. Butler was worried about her, like he was worried about a child who has not grown up.

The cat lady thinks so.

She is a majestic queen, even from her back, she is already shining brightly.

very nice.

Anna felt that she was so happy.

Miss Elena doesn't know whether it can shine so brightly, but she knows that Sister Cat is doing something right.

She is Anna Elena.

She is never afraid of any challenge.

"I don't want an interview outline."

Ana suddenly opened her eyes, pushed aside the folder on her lap, and said softly.

"What did you say? Which issue do you feel dissatisfied with?"

The aunt sitting at the secretary's seat frowned and turned the pen in her hand.

"You need to tell me about this kind of thing earlier. We are arriving soon. We are just revising the outline now, so there may not be enough time."

Elliot didn't come today.

Elliot is a personal assistant employed by the Irina family and has nothing to do with the magazine.

The secretary is a finance major and is not professional.

When there is a board meeting, Anna will take her with her.

Whether you want to invest in any art or buy paintings, you can trust Elliott to do it.

But in her daily workplace life, Elliot would stay in the manor to handle many of her financial matters without special instructions.

After being promoted to column manager.

This aunt with high cheekbones, who likes to wear a large pearl necklace outside a black sweater, and who makes people believe that Austria has a good public security environment when walking on the street, is the magazine's official matchmaker for Anna. deputy.

She is the deputy director of the advertising and marketing department who was transferred from the buying department. She has worked in the "Oil Painting" magazine for more than fifteen years.

According to her high emotional intelligence, this aunt has rich experience and can quickly familiarize Miss Elena with the department and make appropriate suggestions for her.

The statement of low emotional intelligence point——

She is Sir Brown's.

"No, what I mean is, no outlines, no cue cards, I don't want to walk into the room with designed questions to record a designed program. I want..."

Anna looked at the old city that was like a living fossil with the mark of the Renaissance.

Outside the car window, yellow-white houses illuminated by lights spread along both sides of the road into the distance. In the slow-paced Central European town, in the deep night, not a single pedestrian was seen on the road.

Only the lights on the towering spiers of the Mirabell Palace Gardens, which Archbishop Wolf Dietrich built in the 15th century for his lover and children, were faintly visible in the city centre.

(End of this chapter)